charabanc

A horse-drawn, and then later, motorized omnibus with open sides, and often, no roof.

A little further on, to the right, was a large garage, where the charabancs stood, half in and half out of the yard.

And full of colored dreams / Deep inside a rainbow / Lived Happiness Stan / In a small Victorian charabanc

A bus, especially one hired by groups for pleasure outings, what was later called a coach.

Oh shit, there goes the charabanc! Looks like I'm gonna be stuck here the whole summer

Mum had worked there as a teenager and once recalled her duty of having to meet the charabancs that brought the well-heeled to the baths from Droitwich station before the war.

A vehicle that is slow, overcrowded, or otherwise undesirable.

We return to the charabanc of a car to find a swarm of children dancing round it, clambering up the back, jumping on the step; the driver sleeps peacefully at the wheel, oblivious of their shrieks.

Just as I'm thinking my plan has failed an old charabanc of a vehicle slows down and starts hooting.

An elaborate production or endeavor involving many people or things.

For all their lean and hungry look, and for all they wear the simplest of dhotis around their loins, they usually have clever accomplices in the crowd, and a whole charabanc full of invisible wires and concealed cabinets.

He comes along all dressed up in the real deal costume, all the sequins and rhinestone, the heavyweight boxing belt, the cape, the whole charabanc, you know?

To travel or convey by charabanc.